2026 School Health Workshop – February 2, 2026
Our next School Health Workshop will take place February 2, 2026. Due to the weather forecast, this has changed to a 100% virtual event. You must participate in real time to receive the CEUs. This will not be recorded. Below is the final agenda.
8:00 a.m. Link opens for logins
8:30 a.m. Welcome and acknowledgement of sponsors
8:35 a.m. Concussion/Traumatic Brain Injury Prevention
Karilyn Tremblay, MPH
Injury Prevention and Aging Programs Director
SC Department of Public Health
And
Michael Simmons, CRS/A-D
SafetyNet Outreach Coordinator, Brain Injury Association of South Carolina
9:30 a.m. Break
9:45 a.m. Measles and Pertussis
Anna-Kathryn Burch, MD
Division Director, Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Medical Director, Pediatric Antimicrobial Stewardship Program
Prisma Health Children’s Hospital – Midlands
10:45 a.m. Break
11:00 a.m. NAMI 101 / NAMI On Campus
Drew Carpenter, Outreach Coordinator York County, NAMI
and
Terrance Randolph, Outreach Coordinator Chester County, NAMI
12:00 p.m. Lunch break
1:00 p.m. Mental Health: Helping Students Cope with Anxiety
Joan DuBose, PhD, LPCS, LCMHCS, LPC, LAC, MAC, AADC, TF-CBT
Clinical Director
All is Well Counseling and Consulting Services, LLC
2:00 p.m. Break
2:15 p.m. Motivational Interviewing
Lauren Thomas, MPH, MCHES, NBC-HWC
Instructor of Health Promotion, Education, & Behavior
USC Lancaster
3:15 p.m. Wrap Up and Evaluations
3:30 p.m. Adjourn
If you have questions, please call 803-377-8026 or email knichols (at) umrhn.org.
We would like to thank the Chester Healthcare Foundation and Mid-Carolina AHEC for their continued support of our program!
Credit Statements for this activity:
AHEC:This program is approved for 0.5 CEU’s (5.0 clock hours) of continuing education by Mid-Carolina AHEC, Inc. and meets the SC AHEC Continuing Education Best Practice Standards. Participants must attend 90% of the program to receive a certificate of attendance. No partial credit will be given.
COUNSELORS & THERAPISTS: This program has been pre-approved for 5.0 hours of continuing education by SC AHEC under its accreditation by the SC Board of Examiners for Licensure of Professional Counselors, Marriage and Family Therapists and Psycho-Educational Specialists.
NURSING:Mid-Carolina AHEC is approved as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by South Carolina Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. This nursing continuing education activity approval # 2408-010PR-163 has been approved for 5.0 hours.
SOCIAL WORKERS: This program has been approved by the SC Board of Social Work Examiners for 5.0 clock hours of NON-social work continuing education.